Lepas

Lepas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Scalpellomorpha Superfamily: Lepadoidea

Familia: Lepadidae
Genus: Lepas
Species (7 + 9†): †L. aquitanica – L. anatifera – L. anserifera – L. australis – †L. coplandi
L. denticulata – L. hillii – L. indica – †L. kuwayamai – †L. mallandriniana – †L. orbignyi – L. pectinata – †L. reflexa – †L. rovasendai – †L. sattmanni – †L. stenzeli –
[Source: WoRMS+ authors]

Name

• Lepas Linnaeus, 1758: 667
  • Geological range: Eocene (Lutetian) to Recent
  • Type species: Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
  • ZooBank: AE70BA58-9BCB-419F-B258-910F2B7BE799

Synonyms

• Anatifa Bruguière, 1789: 60
  • Type species::
  • Synonymized in Darwin, 1852: 67
  • ZooBank: 3B4E84C9-EADD-476A-B6F2-592F9E209A2B
• Anatifera Lister
  • Pre-Linnaean
  • Synonymized in Darwin, 1852: 67
• Ornitholepas Targioni Tozzetti, 1872: 85
  • Type species:: Ornitholepas australis Targioni Tozzetti, 1872: 85, by original designation and monotypy
  • Regarded as juvenile Lepas
  • ZooBank: 405287F6-93A3-4D86-A878-C445A615BB71
• Pentalasmis Hill, pre-Linnaean, but frequently used since
  • Sensu Leach, 1817
  • Synonymized in Darwin, 1852: 67
  • ZooBank: 82EE2499-9123-4D5C-B374-E12642D797BC
• Pentalepas Blainville, 1824: 374
  • Used in parallel to Pentalasmis
  • Synonymized in Darwin, 1852: 67
  • ZooBank: 00C64CA4-A3B1-4102-B74F-58C645A5AEB0

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.  [See p. 667, original description]

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• Blainville, H.M.D. de 1824. Nematopoda. Dictionaire des sciences naturelles (Mollusques-Morfil), 32: 372–380. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 374
• Bruguiere, J.-G. 1789–1791. Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle de Vers 1(1): 158–178. (French) BHL  Reference page.  [See p. 60, as Anatifa, junior synonym]
• Darwin, C. 1852. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 1 The Lepadidae or Pedunculated Cirrepedes. Ray Society. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 67, discussion, junior synonyms]
• Harzhauser, M. & Schlögl, J. 2012. Lepadiform and Scalpelliform barnacles from the Oligocene and Miocene of the Paratethys Sea. Palaeontology 55(5): 923–936. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01155.x Reference page. 
• Leach, W.E. 1817. Distribution systematique de la class Cirripedes. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 85: 67–69. Reference page. 
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1907: The barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the U.S. National Museum. Bulletin -- United States National Museum 60: 1–122. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 79, short synonymy, key to species]
• Targioni Tozzetti, A. 1872. Di una nuova specie in un nuovo genere di Cirripedi Lepadidei ospitante sulle penne addominali dei Priofinus cinereus dell'Atlantico australe e dell'Oceano Indiano raccolta nel viaggio intorno al mondo della fregata italiana La Magenta dai Professori F. de Filippi ed E. Giglioli. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 4: 84–96. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 85, as Ornitholepas, junior synonym]
• Withers, T.H. 1935: The cirripede Lepas in the Eocene. Annals and magazine of natural history 10 15(87): 344-348. DOI: 10.1080/00222933508654972 Reference page. 
• Withers, T.H. 1953: Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, III. Tertiary. British Museum (Natural History), London, 396 p. Reference page.  [See p. 317, synonymy and discussion]